WelCom December 2016: Diocesan News and Views Mark Richards November has been a fascinating month – from the Melbourne Cup, a son’s 21st, the USA elections, the end of the year of Mercy, a trip away with my wife to see friends in Perth, and then a major earthquake. And here we are starting all over […]
WelCom December 2016: Diocesan News and Views Jude McKee A special celebration was incorporated into Sunday Mass at St Theresa’s Parish in Plimmerton on Sunday 28 August. After 25 years of dedicated service Passionist Family Group National Directors Lynn and Rob Hill, transitioned their leadership to the new National Director Team of John and Mary Ellen […]
WelCom December 2016: Gospel reference for the feast of the Immaculate Conception is the Annunciation story – Luke 1:26-38. …‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.’ (Luke 1:35.) Pope […]
WelCom December 2016: Crispin Anderlini, Caritas In an oral submission presented in November to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Ending One’s Life in New Zealand, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand spoke in opposition to assisted suicide, looking into attitudes towards euthanasia. Drawing on its experiences working with disempowered communities in New Zealand and overseas, the social […]
WelCom November 2016: Youth, Schools, Education Over 100 young Vinnies’ students from Chanel, Bishop Viard, St Bernard’s, Sacred Heart, St Catherine’s, St Patrick’s Kilbirnie, and St Patrick’s Silverstream Colleges, joined with host college St Mary’s for the annual Vinnie’s Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral. It was celebrated by Fr James Lyons, and also attended by teachers, […]
WelCom November 2016: Youth, Schools, Education Frances O’Leary and Barbara Caygill The faith community at St Francis of Assisi Church in Stoke celebrated the feast day of its patron saint, St Francis – also patron saint of ecology and peace, as reflected in the Mass and prayers of the faithful themes. Parishioners were invited to bring […]
WelCom November 2016: Te Tau Tapu o te Atawhai – He Tirotiro i te Hunga Mauhere ‘I was in prison and you came to me.’ Mt. 25:36 Pope Francis has made a point of visiting prisons or detention centres in almost all of his foreign trips. In the weeks leading up to closing his Jubilee Holy […]
WelCom November 2016: International News Australia’s Catholic Bishops released a statement on 13 October backing calls for asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island to have their claims assessed instead in Australia. President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Denis Hart said all Catholics have a moral obligation to welcome vulnerable people forced from […]
WelCom November 2016: News Simone Olsen, NZCBC Pope Francis has announced the appointment of 17 new cardinals to the College of Cardinals, with 11 coming from places never before included. Archbishop Sir John Ribat, aged 59, of Port Moresby Diocese in Papua New Guinea was named among them. By naming a cardinal to PNG Francis has reached […]
WelCom November 2016: A Meditation – He Whakaaroaro ADVENT means ‘approaching’ – something is coming! It is traditionally a four-week season in preparation for Christmas, but the first two weeks focus on the ‘second coming’ of Christ; the time when all will be brought to completion. They follow the feast of Christ the King and conclude the […]